These are the games with the best graphics of 2025

These are the games with the best graphics that have been released in 2025.

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The end of the year brings the usual rankings, and one of the most anticipated ones is from Digital Foundry, the absolute reference in technical analysis and performance. On this occasion, the team has published its selection of the top ten games with the most outstanding graphics of 2025, evaluating aspects such as lighting, rendering technology, artistic design, and optimization.

The list combines big-budget productions with more unexpected proposals, demonstrating that visual impact doesn’t just depend on the budget, but also on the technical talent and creative ambition of each studio.

The games with the best graphics of 2025

1. DOOM: The Dark Ages

2. Assassin’s Creed Shadows

3. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

4. Silent Hill f

5. Routine

6. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

7. Mafia: Motherland

8. Ghost of Yōtei

9. Earthion

10. Dying Light: The Beast

One of the most surprising names is Earthion. It’s a shoot’em up with automatic scrolling for the Mega Drive/Genesis, a piece of hardware with over three decades of history. Still, Digital Foundry highlights the technical work of the team, capable of squeezing the console to its limits and achieving a result that borders on the impossible in terms of fluidity and visual effects.

In addition to the main ranking, the media outlet has also given special mentions to titles like Star Wars Outlaws, Panic Button’s work on demanding conversions like DOOM Eternal or Warframe, and several Nintendo Switch productions like Mario Kart World, Kirby Air Riders, and Fast Fusion. A selection that makes it clear that 2025 has been an especially powerful year in terms of visuals, both in new generations and in more limited hardware.